papyrus

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Object Type
Museum number: EA10008,3
Description: Funerary papyrus of Tameni; frame 3; full colour vignettes including reliquary of Thinis, weighing of the heart, and Geb and Nut; cursive Hieroglyphic text.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 50.80 centimetres (frame); Width: 14.70 centimetres (frame)
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Inscription subject
Bibliographic references: Quirke 1993 / Owners of funerary papyri in the British Museum (242); Taylor 2010 / Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (no. 106); Trismegistos / An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphic resources (133519) (http://www.trismegistos.org/text/133519)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Papyrus Survey: Condition Details: Papyrus: bleached Black ink Pigment (abraded) Backed: linen Edged: brown paper Displayed in Room 62 until 1997 Refused for loan to Slovenia 2007 Mount Details: Sandwich: glass Binding: cloth Object Priority: C Mount Priority: A Overall Condition: D Curatorial condition comment: good
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1833
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA10008,3
Registration number: .10008.3
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Barker 210; Miscellaneous number: Frame.3

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